New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-27
liyD.sTEALING ~ NET-MEXICO.
IN REPLYING TO sURvEYoR-GENERAL JULIAN TX
SENATOR DORSEY Usrs soME VERY PLAIN AND
pIcIuRFeurF LANGuAGf.
grorn the North American Reriec for October.

PicIUREsuUE LANGUAGE
grorn The North American Rerieic for October
In 7be North American Rcrcio for July, George W.
Julian. United states nurvcy0r-uenerti mnuor
the caution Of Land Stealing IN New'Mefico, NJ
tcmpts 10 make arraignment or the past annli
istration OF the General Land Office In connection with
tho affairs OF that Territory The author OF tnls
%npesae lis counterpart il viii be dcut ind in
any country; certainly not IN our MT Jua ,, ~, III
worst order These charges have had much more APP
narent foundation than those he makes against otbers
lie vna chairman several years or the committee on
pnbIic Lands in the House OF Representatives. Daring
that time bills covering more than NAH Oh AZ tno a
granted 10 railroads I'm the United states were lvorpy
anrted by that committee. and passed Congress as
result of such report The Public Lands committee Vo.eu
away under Mr.. Julians charInanship, larger area
o raiiroad corporations than would cover all the New
England and half the Middle states. inc and mus
yen AWAY was the most fertile IN the country Nhetner
nst vas corrupty done for the public interests Is
not worth while to discuss but that Mr: Julian
nore than any else. Is responsible Tor H. u thlhg
the oabic ought TO in view of his recent asonnd
ing freak OF virtue II was Mt Julian aiso' VINO insiscu
,e nj ncrssted in compelling the settlers OH the re-
served secons within the limits of railroad grants 70
pay - per for their lands when me onse Vi
nrscntafiyes disposed To let the cost tuereoi re
main at the ordinary rreempon price OF ~ 20 per
acre lie thus added more than Two nuhdea n, pomes
along The proposed lines OF the railways INC sae Nv
necessarily Increased the value OF lans graneu 10 .nG
aroads two hundred millions OF dollars The railroad
i"hiv won II there has been IA land grabber IN
ppDy onoprv man who has than any other
rn % invent the settlers from exercising their rights
nnder tie homestead and presumption laws, MT JWian
H. That man Whether all OF this was done honestly IN
s nuh interest or not, done by the present
snv R pvor General of New Mexico.
Tbe RcforIner was not returned TO Congress since
,,n there las been no denunciaon TOO bitter against
The Republican party for him To MAKE anu no aoo,
lion TOO yIlc for his tongue zen to express against
uo sn wv WHO have been In anywise prominent In Its
ranks Mr.. Cleveland evidently knew t ,. n iah
when Il was desirable to raise the issue OF lana JOB
w and " corruption " In New-Mexico, but he may
no.sbly have forgotten the letter whch Mt. Juil'n
oy, for the Northern Pacific Railroad which after
ward to light through Car sehnrs Mr T o .o de-
s, non ahs truth but to establish the existence Of
After years OF Industrious efforts he mas
ia ss co asi by the appliances OF the
General Government single accusation h, o,,r,os f.,
his UNIV arranted Of my Name IL had oeen approved
by the and the secretary Of ane ~,
terrier It had also passed the lower House OF Congress
Eleven wears ago proposed TO buy this grant Upon
investigating the title became satisfied tnat ~ was
.rninient wrote tho Hon. Carl Schr then Secre-
tary of the Interior stating crcumstanay all the facts
in my possession regarding the grant @ ~
inc same time turning over to MIN all the papers IN my
possession Upon such investigation u Appeared tnas
The grant forgery, and that the iorger one oomez
was then the penttenary for forging other grants III
California then applied to ihe pnSraDe
thrown open for settlement THIS was done. ~ Is now
occupied by BODY OF as good citizens ,nere arg al
OF this socalled grant are extensive ana valuable All
OF these facts and are accessible to aecqser az
my letters and papers are on nile In the IN or Depart
ment :. 10 show how easy Il = to make s snSn
charges and how dsnt - to Se nc w foar
hundred citizens OF New Mexico have been Indicted on
charges similar to those made IN the July npsr oi ds
Repiep Yet up this time every man tried mas Decn
acautted There is not grain or shadow OF truth
that there have been are now frauds committed 10
any extent in under the homestead and pro-
RI is very evident to my mind then that the great area
living beyond the one hundred and second MERIDIAN ana
Comprising the larger portion OF our remaining public
domain must placed under legal conditions widely
different from those existing The nrst condiuon
must be the conservation OF the water supplies, under
National and State authority The second must be some
and maintenance rs required by the growth OF popula
tion Of needed irrigation works both for storage anu
who will receive benefit from them. Some system OF
to capital Therefore under proper en-
Atom Will be the sale leasing. In suitable blocks o.
the lands which irrigation can ever make usctu
any purpose other than the raising ana feedng Oh